Pakistan threatens to freeze crucial India peace treaty in Kashmir escalation

A supporter of the Pakistan Murkazi Muslim League party chants slogans during a demonstration against the suspension of another treaty with India, focused on water (Muhammad Sajjad/AP)

Pakistan has warned it could suspend a critical peace treaty with India in the wake of recent violence in the disputed province of Kashmir, with tensions between the two nations continuing to escalate.

Pakistan said it may suspend the Simla Agreement between the two nations, which is a significant peace treaty signed after the 1971 India-Pakistan war in which Pakistan and India agreed to settle future differences through peaceful bilateral negotiations, without third-party intervention or violence.